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RE: The Naked Mole-Rat: Guaranteed Cancer Free!
I thought that the naked mole rat also has a mutated version of p53 which also contributes to it not getting cancer, or does this not have an influence?
I thought that the naked mole rat also has a mutated version of p53 which also contributes to it not getting cancer, or does this not have an influence?
Thanks for reading. I have not found anything about naked mole rat and mutated p53, so that is probably not the mechanism. Also, p53 is a tumor suppressor gene, so mutations give increased cancer risk.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3511137/